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Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:14:00 - [1] - Quote Thinking of buying a PC to play eve on, so looking for the optimum specs, but I tell you what, I am so out of date with PC specs having been a mac owner for a number of years its now all dutch to me. And to make things really complicated, I want to use my 24" 7.1 iMac as a monitor for my new PC (dont have the space for a new PC on its own and dont want to ditch the mac as it has lots of work stuff on it.) So... where do I even bloody start!
Sgt Slab Ranko Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:16:00 - [2] - Quote You can use your Mac to play EvE.
Sha Kharn Clone Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 1087	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:18:00 - [3] - Quote Sgt Slab Ranko wrote: You can use your Mac to play EvE. Your gona have to be more helpful than that I heard it takes some messing about.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:23:00 - [4] - Quote Sgt Slab Ranko wrote: You can use your Mac to play EvE. no, I can't, my 7.1 iMac is no where near the spec to play Eve as its about 4 years old now. To buy a mac with enough grunt to play eve on minimum spec I'm looking at an outlay of -ú800. For recommended or higher looking at -ú2000 Also, want a windows PC for other games and something thats upgradable.
Sgt Slab Ranko Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:26:00 - [5] - Quote Hey, Sha Kharn I don't even play EvE but a quick check on google tells me; Mac system reqs are Here is specific Mac installation info And it can be downloaded from here. Any EvE players feel free to suggest other links.
Sgt Slab Ranko Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:28:00 - [6] - Quote Cameron StarGazer wrote: Sgt Slab Ranko wrote: You can use your Mac to play EvE. no, I can't, my 7.1 iMac is no where near the spec to play Eve as its about 4 years old now. To buy a mac with enough grunt to play eve on minimum spec I'm looking at an outlay of -ú800. For recommended or higher looking at -ú2000 Also, want a windows PC for other games and something thats upgradable. Ah apologies, I'm not familiar with Macs, didn't know the specs. Sorry man.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:29:00 - [7] - Quote CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo with at least 2.0 Ghz speed - Check OS: Mac OS X 10.6.7 or higher. - Check Video: ATI HD2400, Nvidia 9400GT, or Intel HD 3000 or higher with at least 256 MB VRAM and supports Shader Model 3. - Fail, Have ATI with only 128MB VRAM and AFAIK this cannot be upgraded. RAM: 2048 MB or more - Fail, have only 1GB but can upgrade this.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:30:00 - [8] - Quote Sgt Slab Ranko wrote: Ah apologies, I'm not familiar with Macs, didn't know the specs. Sorry man. No worries dude.
Ion Crush Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:30:00 - [9] - Quote try it on your mac, get a trial account. And turn the graphics WAY down.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:35:00 - [10] - Quote Kinda defates the objective of what I want to do. Are EVE accounts transferable between computers? Maybe download it and try it out and then possibly upgrade later.
Sha Kharn Clone Seraphim Initiative. CRONOS. 1087	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:35:00 - [11] - Quote Yea its not so bad on low settings and many eve players run it with no sound on and lowest settings they can set for everything.
Sgt Slab Ranko Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:40:00 - [12] - Quote With regards to the GPU issue for Imac you should try a google search to see if it can be replaced and to what spec you can go. A new GPU and extra ram would be cheaper but if you want a new PC for other uses aswell then check the specs for games you want to play and maybe get a local PC store to build it for you.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 11:43:00 - [13] - Quote Already looked into it, the RAM is easy to upgrade, but the GPU, not possible. Annoyingly...
EnglishSnake Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 1012	Posted - 2012.08.05 12:40:00 - [14] - Quote lolmac ther is your problem Get a PC, can easily fit one up for half the price of a mac
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 12:58:00 - [15] - Quote EnglishSnake wrote: lolmac ther is your problem Get a PC, can easily fit one up for half the price of a mac This was the plan, use the mac as a monitor. Well, trial downloaded, title screen seems ok... Starting it now...

GM Kiriap Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire 122	Posted - 2012.08.05 14:18:00 - [16] - Quote For give an idea; I'm running EVE Online in a PC with windows 7 professional; the technical aspects of my PC are as a follow: - Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache - Gigabyte HA65M-UD3H-B3 Motherboard (Rev 1.0) - SKT-1155 - G Skill Ripjaws F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL 8GB DDR3 (1333MHz,Cas 9) As you noticed I am not using a dedicated video graphic card; I am using the Intel HD graphics with the minimum requirements in EVE and is working without problems; the only "problem" (which is not really a problem) is that I'm not enjoying the graphics of the game. I know that in PC with an Intel i5, say 4GB RAM as a minimum and a dedicated video graphic card, I am sure EVE Online will run smoothly. So if you live in the UK probably you will consider visit a couple Tech forums before invest some money in your pc (for example Overclockers) and check prices with Amazon, eBay, eBuyer and the Overclockers itself. There are tons of online and retail stores this days; so good luck. Check out this: http://support.eveonline.com/Pages/KB/Article.aspx?id=124

Ire's thug GunFall Mobilization Covert Intervention 272	Posted - 2012.08.05 14:25:00 - [17] - Quote Ahh EVE Online.... hope you enjoy spreadsheets! you may not need them but the best EVE players use them why couldn't the game play be as epic as your trailers! I want to play again so bad but theres just one prob.......... SQUIRREL!!! ....what was i saying again? oh yeah. From all ADD and ADHD people of the world I thank you from the bottom of my black heart for making DUST!!
Tak Kak 22	Posted - 2012.08.05 15:10:00 - [18] - Quote Cameron StarGazer wrote: Thinking of buying a PC to play eve on, so looking for the optimum specs, but I tell you what, I am so out of date with PC specs having been a mac owner for a number of years its now all dutch to me. And to make things really complicated, I want to use my 24" 7.1 iMac as a monitor for my new PC (dont have the space for a new PC on its own and dont want to ditch the mac as it has lots of work stuff on it.) So... where do I even bloody start! I recommend joining the goons as they are the most friendliest to newbies in their corps, also renting space in newly liberated Test territory to have a nice safe home in Null space.
Needless Sacermendor 98	Posted - 2012.08.05 15:30:00 - [19] - Quote Further to GM Kiriap's suggestion, if you are in the UK, then check out Micro Direct, they're based near me in Manchester and they're good for prices, stock and even warranty returns when I've had stuff fail within warranty. Edited : They are online mail order, I forgot to mention.
Sgt Slab Ranko Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 32	Posted - 2012.08.05 15:59:00 - [20] - Quote Cameron StarGazer wrote: Already looked into it, the RAM is easy to upgrade, but the GPU, not possible. Annoyingly... Ah, fair enough. Good luck with your quest and remember to check local PC stores and ask them for component lists, most should have these and then you can compare the prices for what you want in the PC and get it made in that shop. Or if you can build a PC or a friend can help/build it then get all the components at the cheapest price possible with no assembly charge, well maybe more than a few beers if a friend does it or helps. You should be able to find decent pre-built ones on ebay like this. It should have what you need. This site may help aswell Cameron for pricing.
Cameron StarGazer 63	Posted - 2012.08.05 23:29:00 - [21] - Quote Actually, EVE appears to run reasonably well! Except the captains quarters. But wow! it's complex!!
Sojuro Ryo Zumari Force Projection Caldari State 189	Posted - 2012.08.05 23:48:00 - [22] - Quote I was lookin at this to replace the old gaming rig I killed. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227392 It looks like it has some real potential and upgradeable.
Mr Funless Seituoda Taskforce Command Caldari State 191	Posted - 2012.08.06 01:21:00 - [23] - Quote Get ready for the EVE learning cliff http://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/devblog/2011/eve-learning-curve.jpg Turn off Captains Quarters ASAP. It's useless and is slow even on good systems. I'd recommend waiting to try EVE till after August 8th. A new patch is being released on the 8th that is supposed to make the terrible tutorials much better.
Veigar Mordekaiser Royal Uhlans Amarr Empire 676	Posted - 2012.08.06 03:40:00 - [24] - Quote Cameron StarGazer wrote: Actually, EVE appears to run reasonably well! Except the captains quarters. But wow! it's complex!! Captains quarters aren't really optimized well I don't think. My brother is using an i3 dual core 3.0Ghz (I believe) with a GTX 560 and 12GB RAM, the entire game runs smoothly at a constant 60FPS except the captains quarters - for whatever reason it still runs at 60FPS in there, but it puts his GPU usage up to 100%, which isn't really a good thing.
Veigar Mordekaiser Royal Uhlans Amarr Empire 676	Posted - 2012.08.06 03:41:00 - [25] - Quote Mr Funless wrote: Get ready for the EVE learning cliff http://cdn1.eveonline.com/community/devblog/2011/eve-learning-curve.jpg Turn off Captains Quarters ASAP. It's useless and is slow even on good systems. I'd recommend waiting to try EVE till after August 8th. A new patch is being released on the 8th that is supposed to make the terrible tutorials much better. They're redoing tuts? AWESOME! I'm gonna make another trial account just to go through those again, see if they make sense this time around LMAO
Minmatar Slave 74136 Sanmatar Kelkoons Minmatar Republic 291	Posted - 2012.08.06 05:05:00 - [26] - Quote I turned off captains quarters right off, since my computer is an old frankenstein of a machine.
ROADSIDE BONG 1	Posted - 2012.08.06 05:13:00 - [27] - Quote eve is a noob game. theres a reason why wow is a good game because just look at how many ppl like to play because they want a challenge and they dont want to play with noobs.
Veigar Mordekaiser Royal Uhlans Amarr Empire 676	Posted - 2012.08.06 05:17:00 - [28] - Quote ROADSIDE BONG wrote: eve is a noob game. theres a reason why wow is a good game because just look at how many ppl like to play because they want a challenge and they dont want to play with noobs. Troll found.
Raynor Ragna 266	Posted - 2012.08.06 05:37:00 - [29] - Quote Ire's thug wrote: Ahh EVE Online.... hope you enjoy spreadsheets! you may not need them but the best EVE players use them why couldn't the game play be as epic as your trailers! I want to play again so bad but theres just one prob.......... SQUIRREL!!! ....what was i saying again? oh yeah. From all ADD and ADHD people of the world I thank you from the bottom of my black heart for making DUST!! The great part about eve is that there is SO much to learn. As a former CEO and Alliance leader, I've seen hundreds of new people play eve and they often say that the combat is too basic. "You orbit, fire, and hope you win." Thats just what it looks like, but there are so many intricate details you need to find and exploit that gives eve so much depth.
Minmatar Slave 74136 Sanmatar Kelkoons Minmatar Republic 291	Posted - 2012.08.06 05:39:00 - [30] - Quote ROADSIDE BONG wrote: eve is a hard game. theres a reason why wow is a easy game because just look at how many ppl like to play because they want to have their hands held, their arses wiped, and have the IQ and attention span of a brain-damaged goldfish. fixed that for you, you can thank me later.

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